basket

Catalog Number	114382
Literary Reference	, 13839
Cultural Affiliation	Ilongot

Continent	Asia
Country	Philippines
Region	Luzon Island
Island	Philippine Islands
Province	Cagayan River

Materials

vegetal material; palm leaf, bark, worsted, cordage

Catalog Description

Name: Basket. Squarish, pliable body. Of woven split palm leaf. Rim stitched with narrow split, dark bark. Two corners ornamented with short tuft of shredded bark. Ends tipped with tufts of colored worsted. Tying string of thin twisted fiber cordage. Baskets fitted with small cords, which pass around the waist, are carried at the side or against one hip. In them the women carry seed rice at planting time, or sugar cane and the like when on the trail.